Mr. Roe of Tennessee
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House
Administration

A BILL

To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act to require States to delay certifying the results of regularly
scheduled general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting
of any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters
that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act for delivery to
State election officials.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Military
Overseas Ballot Protection Act.

2.

Delay in certification
of results of general elections for Federal office in order to count absentee
ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters

Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:

(j)

Delay in
certification of results of certain elections in order To count absentee
ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters

(1)

In
general

A State may not certify the results of a regularly
scheduled general election for Federal office until the State has counted all
of the valid marked absentee ballots of absent uniformed services voters cast
in the election which are collected by the Presidential designee and delivered
to the appropriate election officials in the State under section 103A.

(2)

Permitting
certification at certain time after election

Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), a State may certify the results of a regularly scheduled general
election for Federal office on the later of—

(A)

the expiration of
the 10-day period which begins on the date of the election; or